Rare pair of early 19th century French Empire/Restauration period patinated and gilt bronze ormolu three branch figural candelabra depicting Hercules and the Trojan princess Hesione. Hesione, the daughter of Laomedon, was chained to a rock to be sacrificed to a sea monster and was rescued by Hercules. Nicely modelled with Hercules holding his iconic club and Hesione her broken chain. Both figures hold aloft floral decorated three branch candelabras with elegant central stems topped with a flame. Standing on gilt and patinated bronze baluster style bases. France, circa 1825.Based in London, we are dealers in fine decorative antiques from the 18th and 19th centuries. We specialise in this era of enlightenment, neoclassicism and the Grand Tour, with its far reaching influence on style and taste in Britain, Continental Europe and beyond: elegance in the age of Napoleon. Our extensive stock covers all aspects of this period and decorative antiques influenced by the period. We constantly...